蓏 vine fruit (not of trees), low-growing fruit, melons, cucumbers 苽,艹,瓜,瓜,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ラ
RA

Kun-yomi

うり　･　くさのみ
u　ri　･　ku　sa　no　mi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

苽

コ,こも,まこも bulrush

　EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS with CUCUMBER, FEMALE UTERUS
　

艹

カン,あげまき,あらがね,くさかんむり emerging shafts, stalks, stems, shoots

　PLANTS, VEGETATION, FLOWERS, EMERGING SHAFTS, BUDDY SYSTEM
…or: ERECTION and ROD within CAVITIES
…or: EMERGE with STALKS, STEMS
…or: TWENTY, MULTIPLE SCREWINGS, PENETRATING SHAFTS, ARRAY OF RODS
…or: HAIR-RAISING PREPUBESCENT YOUNG VIRGIN DIVA
…or: DIVINE, CRESTING HEAD CONDITIONS WHEN ONE'S ROD IS RAISED
…or: DEEP SHAFT
…or: multiple FILLED COMPLETELY PERFECTLY FULL SCREWINGS, ROTATIONS, TWISTINGS, TURNINGS, NEEDLES, TENS
　

瓜

カ,ケ,うり cucumber, melon, gourd, squash, calabash; female, uterus or womb, loss of virginity; instrument that accompanies songs and singing

　CLAW AT or REPEATEDLY BOBBING ERECT TAUT and LOOSE DRIPPING
　

瓜

カ,ケ,うり cucumber, melon, gourd, squash, calabash; female, uterus or womb, loss of virginity; instrument that accompanies songs and singing

　CLAW AT or REPEATEDLY BOBBING ERECT TAUT and LOOSE DRIPPING
　

Meanings of elements

BULRUSH and INSTRUMENT THAT ACCOMPANIES SONGS AND SINGING
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS and CUCUMBERS, UTERUS OR WOMB, LOSS OF VIRGINITY

Seems to suggest fruit that remains on or near the ground most or all of the time with other fruit of the same type by not standing tall, a consequence of having one's feet bones mashed (melon and cucumber vines also grow by 'crawling' along the soil, ground) and are often covered on one side at least with dirt. Fruits, cucumbers and melons that remain in contact with the soil too long often rot, soften or are spoiled by insects.
　See 寙: in China cucumber melons are euphemistic of a female human losing her virginity, in this case with another 'melon' perhaps, or, by using a tool resembling a bulrush. LOW-GROWING FRUIT suggests very easy pickings, perhaps deflowering two at once, or grabbing one while she is applying the cucumber and taking its place to resume its function.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: fruit of plants (not of trees)
Unihan extended: fruit of plant; melon
EDRDG: fruit growing on low plants; melon

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